MACHIASPORT, Maine — Police say they believe the deaths of an elderly couple found Monday were “the result of an accident inside the home.”
“Deputy sheriffs have uncovered nothing suspicious in their initial investigation” into the deaths of Donald Dill, 84, and his wife, Mary Dill, 90, according to a news release issued Tuesday by Chief Deputy Michael Crabtree.
Crabtree would not say what kind of accident or elaborate on the potential cause of death.
At about 9:35 a.m. May 2, a man called 911 to report he had entered his parents’ home at 295 East Side Road in Machiasport and found them both dead, according to the news release.
Emergency responders and sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene and confirmed that both Dills were dead, Crabtree said.
“The medical examiner’s office will be conducting an autopsy to help determine manner and cause of death,” the chief deputy said in the release. “No further information will be released until the medical examiner’s office completes [its] investigation.”